Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 7: What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.7.13

tathety avātsīd devarṣer

antike sākuto-bhayā

yāvad daitya-patir ghorāt

tapaso na nyavartata

SYNONYMS

tathāso be it; iti — thus; avātsīt — lived; deva-ṛṣeḥDevarṣi Nārada; antike — near; — she (my mother); akuto-bhayā — without fear from any direction; yāvatas long as; daitya-patiḥ — my father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, the lord of the demons; ghorāt — from very severe; tapasaḥ — austerities; na — not; nyavartata — ceased.

TRANSLATION

After accepting the instructions of Devarṣi Nārada, my mother stayed in his care, without fear from any direction, as long as my father, the King of the Daityas, had not become free from his severe austerities.

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